Pairings announced for girls portion of 28th The Courier-Tribune Christmas Invitational

Dennis Garcia

Wednesday

Dec 5, 2018 at 9:53 PM

ASHEBORO — It may be hard to believe, but it is already time to be thinking about presents, mistletoe and the spirit of Christmas.

That means it’s also time for The Courier-Tribune Christmas Invitational, a six-day basketball tournament that includes all seven public high schools in Randolph County, along with Jordan-Matthews High School.

The 28th edition of the holiday tournament will be held Dec. 20-22 for the girls and Dec. 27-29 for the boys at Asheboro High School.

One of the most difficult tasks every year is deciding on first-round pairings. With six teams from the Piedmont Athletic Conference and the other two from the Mid-Piedmont Conference, it has become impossible to keep league foes away from one another in the first round.

And with participating teams having already played a number of other teams who are in the tournament, selecting first-round foes becomes even more tricky.

But the pairings for the girls tournament have been set.

One important factor fans and teams need to remember this year is that the starting times for all three days of the girls tournament are different. Because seven of the eight teams have a full day of classes scheduled for Dec. 20 — the first day of the tournament — the first game will start at 4 p.m. and all four games will run in succession.

On Dec. 21, with most of the student-athletes going half a day, the first session will begin at 2 p.m. and the second session at 6 p.m.

On Dec. 22, the final day for the girls, and for all three days of the boys tournament, sessions will begin at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.

Tournament sponsorships are available for $100, which includes two tickets to every game of the tournament (24 games), hospitality room privileges, an ad in the tournament program and the name of the individual or business announced throughout the tournament.

There are higher levels of sponsorships as well, which includes more tickets and a bigger ad in the program as well as having the name of the business printed on the back of the tournament T-shirts that are given to every player in the tournament.

If interested, please call 336-626-6133 and leave name and number.

All proceeds are donated back to the participating schools. Through the first 27 years, the tournament has generated $480,000 for the schools.

2018 The Courier-Tribune Christmas Invitational

Girls

Thursday December 20

4 p.m. Game 1 - Asheboro vs. Trinity

5:30 p.m. Game 2 - Wheatmore vs. Providence Grove

7 p.m. Game 3 - SW Randolph vs. Jordan-Matthews

8:30 p.m. Game 4 - Randleman vs. Eastern Randolph

Friday, December 21

2 p.m. Game 5 - Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2

3:30 p.m. Game 6 - Loser of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4

6 p.m. Game 7 - Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2

7:30 p.m. Game 8 - Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4

Saturday, December 22

1 p.m. Game 9 - Loser of Game 5 vs. Loser of Game 6

2:30 p.m. Game 10 - Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 6

6 p.m. Game 11 - Loser of Game 7 vs. Loser of Game 8

7:30 p.m. Game 12 - Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 8

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